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Climate change is raising cyclonic storm risks in Odisha
By Debadutta Parida*
In early May 2020, a low pressure developed in the Bay of Bengal eastwards near Sri Lanka. The formation rapidly intensified into a tropical depression within two days, and later into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic…
Resilience of Small Business
By Vivek Pattanayak*
The question is often asked which small business demonstrated resilience during pandemic. The Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector is usually referred to as small business in popular parlance in India with…
Farm Bills 2020: Exposing the farmers to the vicissitudes of the market
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*.
On September 20 this year, two of the three contentious Farm Bills were passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote amid unprecedented uproar and protests. What is undemocratic, anti-federal is that despite…
Witch-hunt may have a different meaning for the women in Odisha
By Anwesha Brahma*
The recent days have been clouded with news over Rhea Chakraborty and her alleged involvement in the murder of her boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput. TV news channels and social media were full of rant and raved about…
Jobs bloodbath
By Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
The worst contraction in GDP in April-June 2020 is a matter of hot debate now. But what is more disconcerting is the loss of jobs and livelihoods especially bloodbath of jobs. The common people don't…
The girl who kicked up a storm
BY VINOD MIRANI
What is happening in Mumbai related to some film folks is of the never-before kind. Since the change of the dispensation in the Maharashtra secretariat in October last year, there has started a sort of conflict, if not a…
Remembering Monali Hota: A mother’s emotional tribute
By Rama Hota
To be in the company of Monali Hota (1970-2020), was to be in the presence of the divine. Monali had a beaming smile, generous words and genuine concern for everyone. Even when battling an aggressive illness, she delighted…
Centre’s GST default: Betrayal of federalism
Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
In the 41st GST council meeting held on August 27, via video conferencing, the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced that the central government was unable to pay the Goods and Services Tax (GST)…
Tax reforms: Not faceless but a humane face
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
On August 13, unveiling new tax reforms Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new platform; new tax reforms to ease the compliance burden for assessees and honour the honest taxpayers of the country and…
Adversity of pandemic opens an opportunity in capital market
By Vivek Pattanayak*
Pandemic has affected the global economy as a result IMF has predicted a global contraction of GDP by 4.9% or more, WTO predicts merchandise trade to reduce by 39%, ICAO estimates fall in passenger traffic by 59%…
